ASTM F1079-87(2002)

Standard Specification for Inserted and Noninserted Surgical Scissors

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers general workmanship aspects of inserted and noninserted stainless steel scissors fabricated from stainless steel and intended for reuse in surgery.
1.2 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test method described in this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 24-Sep-1987
• ICS: 11.040.30 - Surgical instruments and materials
• Technical Committee: F04 - Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices
• Drafting Committee: F04.33 - Medical/Surgical Instruments

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1079-87(1998) - Standard Specification for Inserted and Noninserted Surgical Scissors
• Effective Date: 25-Sep-1987
• Replaced By: ASTM F1079-87(2008) - Standard Specification for Inserted and Noninserted Surgical Scissors
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F1078-10(2018) - Standard Terminology for Surgical Scissors—Inserted and Non-Inserted Blades
• Effective Date: 25-Sep-1987
• Referred By: ASTM F1744-96(2016) - Standard Guide for Care and Handling of Stainless Steel Surgical Instruments
• Effective Date: 25-Sep-1987

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1079 – 87 (Reapproved 2002)
Standard Specification for
Inserted and Noninserted Surgical Scissors
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1079; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope 5. Physical Properties
5.1 Rockwell Hardness—The Rockwell hardness of the
1.1 This specification covers general workmanship aspects
of inserted and noninserted stainless steel scissors fabricated scissor halves and inserts shall be within the range of 40 HRC
from stainless steel and intended for reuse in surgery. and 58 HRC (approximately equivalent to Vickers hardness
1.2 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the 530 HV and 670 HV). Opposite halves and inserts shall not
test method described in this specification: This standard does vary in hardness by more than 4 points on the Rockwell
not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, hardness scale (HRC) or equivalent.
associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthis 5.2 Passivation—Instruments and instrument components
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices shall be passivated after completion of all fabricating and
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior finishing operations as specified in Practice A 380.
to use. 5.3 Heat Treatment—The component parts of the instru-
ments shall be heat treated under conditions recommended for
2. Referenced Documents
the material used.Typical heat treating guidelines and hardness
2.1 ASTM Standards: values are shown in Specification F 899.
A 380 Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of
6. Performance Requirements
Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems
E 18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell 6.1 Corrosion Resistance—Instruments or instrument com-
Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials ponents shall be subject to corrosion tests specified in Test
E 92 Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Mate- Method F 1089.
rials 6.2 CuttingAbility—The test material shall comply with the
E 140 Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals materialspecifiedinTable1,Table2,orTable3.Cleanscissors
F 899 Specification for Stainless Steels for Surgical Instru-
ments
TABLE 1 Testing Materials for Lightweight and Micro, Neuro, and
F 1078 Terminology for Surgical Scissors—Inserted and
Ophthalmologic Scissors
Non-Inserted Blades
Example of Acceptable
4 Thickness, in. Examples
F 1089 Test Method for Corrosion of Surgical Instruments
Testing Materials
Synthetic (50 % polyester, 50 % 0.007 (1 layer) Iris Scissors
3. Terminology
cotton) Strabismus Scissors
Stevens Scissors
3.1 Definitions applicable to surgical scissors shall be in
Dissecting Scissors
accordance with Terminology F 1078.
Synthetic (65 % polyester, 35 % 0.006/0.007 (Kilner)
cotton) Potts-DeMartell
4. Material Joseph
Latex rubber sheet 0.009/0.0115
4.1 All the component parts of the instrument shall be made
Latex rubber sheet 0.004/0.008
A
of martensitic stainless steel type 410, 410K, 416, 420, 420A, Wet facial tissue paper N/A
(2 layers)
and 420B of Specification F 899. Inserts shall be made of
A
Silicone tubing 0.030 ID, 0.065 OD
A
stellite or tungsten carbide or other suitable material.
Suture—twist polyester fiber 0.025 (G-207)
A
This material may also be used with the aforementioned materials to test extra
fine micro, neuro, and ophthalmologic scissors.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F04 on
Medical and Surgical Mate
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